Anne Hathaway has a message for fat-shaming trolls everywhere

Anne Hathaway is gaining weight for a new role, so keep your comments about her body to yourself.

Anne Hathaway is a self-avowed feminist, a hilariously good sport (see her epic rap battle with James Corden) and an award-winning actress and singer. She’s also a UN Goodwill Ambassador, a vegan, and regularly contributes to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a non-profit medical corporation leading paediatric treatment and research on children’s catastrophic diseases.

In 2012, following her wedding, Hathaway announced that she would split the money raised from selling her wedding photos would be split between Freedom to Marry (which campaigns for gay couples to have the right to wed), the American Cancer Society, and The Girl Effect, a non-profit which helps impoverished young women.

And, of course, she has starred in some of our favourite films, too, including The Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted, The Devil Wears Prada, Dark Knight Rises, and Les Misérables, to name but four.

Hathway has, in short, proven herself to be an incredibly talented and inspiring individual. Yet, because she is a women in the public eye, none of the facts mentioned above are as interesting to the tabloids as the subject of her weight and diet – and the actress has had enough.

Taking to Instagram this week, Hathaway made a point of pre-emptively shutting down body-shamers, letting the world know that she’s gaining weight for a new role.

“I am gaining weight for a movie role and it is going well,” she wrote.

“To all the people who are going to fat shame me in the upcoming months, It’s not me, it’s you.

“Peace xx.”

Alongside a video of herself in the gym, Hathaway added: “P.S. I wanted to set this to Queen’s Fat Bottomed Girls but copyright said no. Continued peace xx.”

Of course, it’s the sort of graceful response we’ve come to expect from Hathaway – who has dealt with more than her fair share of trolls over the years.

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Kayleigh Dray

Kayleigh Dray is editor of Stylist.co.uk, where she chases after rogue apostrophes and specialises in films, comic books, feminism and television. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.